Jamie thought back to the last night she'd been in Nicky's. It was the night she'd told Reid that she was moving. She was late to meet him so she ran as fast as her thirteen-year-old legs would carry her. Reid was already inside when she arrived to the bar. The lights were dim, as always, and the smoke was so thick that she could hardly make Reid out as he stood by a pool table with his best friend other than Caleb, Pogue, and of course Tyler, Aaron Abbots. Jamie always chuckled to herself when she saw Reid and Aaron together. They were so much alike, and yet, they looked complete opposites.

Reid had watched Jamie come in that night. He knew when she'd called him that morning and asked him to meet her there that something was up. He figured that she was having problems with her parents again. She was always fighting with them because of the divorce. He knew that even though she would never admit it, the divorce was tearing her up inside. But when Reid saw the look in Jamie's eyes as she'd walked through the crowd of Nicky's that night, he had known that what she'd wanted to talk about was bigger than her parents fighting all the time. He knew he was going to lose her.

Jamie felt Reid's hand on her shoulder and snapped back to the present. Nicky's hadn't changed at all. The same smoke, the same smell of alcohol, and even the same people hanging around. She saw Aaron—who had only gotten hotter with time—at a booth in the back of the bar with a red-headed girl who had skin more translucent than Reid if it was possible. Reid led her to a table by the fooz-ball tables and didn't even look in Aaron's direction. Jamie thought that they must have been in yet another fight. They were always fighting. Jamie figured they were both too stubborn for their own good.

"You want something to eat?" Reid asked her. She was being really quiet something was on her mind—most likely why she was home.

"No." Jamie grabbed a lighter and a cigarette from her purse.

"Those things can kill you, you know," Reid said with his classically Reid smirk. He loved to be a wise-ass.

"We all have to die sometime. Besides, it isn't like I haven't seen you light up at a time or two," Jamie retorted. Reid blushed at being caught. He was unaware Jamie had seen him smoke before. He had always at least tried to be a semi-good influence on Jamie…or at least not a bad influence.

"But I guess for you it's all of the fun with none of the danger." Jamie looked Reid in the eyes, hoping for some sort of hint as to what he was thinking. All she saw was confusion and fear.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Reid was completely caught off guard. Jamie couldn't know, could she? He had to try hard to keep his voice calm. He was usually quick to give in to his emotions, but he knew that the only way to have this conversation was to try to stay calm like Caleb always did. Caleb was much better at it.

"I'm not stupid Reid. I know about you and Tyler and Caleb and Pogue. I know about the families."

"What do you know?" Reid didn't know what to say. He searched Jamie's face for some sort of answers but saw nothing.

"Everything." Jamie was very matter-of-fact. "I know it all. The rumors, the truth, the history. I've done my research and I know everything."

"When did you find out?" Reid was speaking softly now. No one was supposed to know about their families. Sure, there had been rumors surrounding the families for years, rumors of witchcraft, but none of the rumors were true.

"When I was ten," she admitted. "I'd heard the rumors. Those rumors were my whole life. I was ridiculed for them for as long as I can remember. Hell, that's why I had my last name changed after the divorce, when I moved to Miami.

"I wanted to know the truth about my family. I did the research. I watched my dad, all of the dads, and researched the rumors on the internet and at the library. I put two and two together.

"When Caleb's mom came to visit my mom and me in Miami a few months back, at the start of the semester, I over-heard her talking to my mom. They were talking about what happened with Chase. And they talked about how that was the real reason for the divorce. My mom was tired of my dad having the secret life, having to live in fear of the world discovering the secrets of the covenant."

"You never said anything before. Why?" Reid couldn't even think straight.

"I figured that you would tell me if you wanted me to know. Besides, I never really knew for sure, not until a few months ago." Jamie shrugged. She couldn't think of anything better to do at the moment. It wasn't exactly how she'd planned to tell Reid that she knew his secret, but with everything going on in her head, she just let it slip out sort of.

"Is that why you came home? Because you finally knew the truth for sure?"

"No."